I agree absolutely that cafés and pubs are no place to display photographs, irrespective of how passionate, professional and evocative the photographer's work is (this also applies to many artists). It's how I started 20 years ago, displaying my work in Castlemaine, Maldon and Bendigo, but only 3 photographs were sold with no recouping of high set-up costs. Amazingly during that time, fringe art — the stuff made of discarded tin cans, chains and fencing wire and paraded about as "limited editions" — sold better to a seemingly more enthusiastic and appreciative public, and this is no more conspicuously so in Daylesford than in Maldon or many other small towns.
Go for the big galleries (despite their infinitely frustrating range of demands and high cut from sales) and leave the Mickey Mouse weekenders and 'boutique' watering holes to the latté-sipping, chardy-quaffing Audi set.